Season ticket holders at Merkur Spiel-Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Fortuna Düsseldorf languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Schalke 04 will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
It's no vacation for neither Düsseldorf nor Schalke 04 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
With 3 Bundesliga wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Fortuna Düsseldorf are certainly not brimming with confidence. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Fortuna Düsseldorf has four draws from their last four matches. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Düsseldorf travelled for their previous game, a trip to Köln that ended 2-2. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Paderborn.
Opportunity lost for Düsseldorf in the Köln match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fortuna Düsseldorf have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn zero and lost four.
The manager U. Rösler will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bayern München in only three days.
Düsseldorf has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.
Schalke 04 form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Schalke 04 playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Schalke 04 are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
W. McKennie was the last player to score for the away team. Schalke haven't scored a league goal in the last 250 minutes.
The manager D. Wagner was unhappy after their last game, a Bundesliga match played at their home ground VELTINS-Arena. Schalke 04 suffered a 0-3 loss to Augsburg (placed 12th). A 0-4 defeat away at Borussia Dortmund before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Schalke in our archives, and the results are: one win for Schalke 04, two draws and three defeats.
A new game in only three days for Schalke 04, the Bundesliga home match versus Werder Bremen. Busy days.
Schalke have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 15 goals have been scored. Schalke's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 22 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Schalke 04 - Fortuna Düsseldorf 3-3. Fortuna Düsseldorf-Schalke 04 H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Düsseldorf one win, Schalke 04 three wins, two draws. five of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Hennings 11 goals |   S. Serdar 7 goals |  E. Thommy 6 goals |
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 29 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 52 | 23 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 22 | 43 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 77% | 85% |
| 89% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 77% | 81% |
| 59% | 54% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 59% |
| 33% | 31% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 30% |
| 15% | 15% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 23% | 19% |
| 59% | 54% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 46% | 48% |
| 15% | 23% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 23% | 26% |
| 30% | 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 54% | 41% |
| 4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 334 | 170 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 41 | 131 | 314 |
| 95 | 45 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 48 | 110 |
| 31% | 29% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 31% | 30% |
- Fortuna Düsseldorf has the most dropped points from leading position (22)
- Schalke 04 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 27 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 80 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 52 | 61 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 74 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 41 | 57 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 68 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 41 | 54 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 20 | 53 |
| 5 | Borussia M'gladbach | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 53 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 52 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 39 |
| 7 | Freiburg | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | -2 | 37 |
| 8 | Schalke 04 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 37 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | -11 | 36 |
| 10 | Köln | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 43 | 49 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 29 | -6 | 34 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | -9 | 34 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 54 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -14 | 30 |
| 13 | Union Berlin | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 29 | -15 | 30 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 41 | 49 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 30 | -8 | 28 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 36 | 60 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 34 | -24 | 27 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 27 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 29 | -23 | 24 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 29 | -30 | 21 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -24 | 18 |